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This Eucharistic host was filmed bleeding and pulsating like a heart on fire by Philip Kosloski Aleteia
Children flee organ harvesters by CathNews
Report says nearly half of child deaths in Africa due to hunger by Crux Staff Crux Link to Children Outreach/Protection
The Youngest Child Separated From Parents At The Border Was Only 4 Months Old by Sarah Aswell Scary Mommy‘
There a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children by Caitlin Dickerson The New York Times Link to Separation of Children from their Parents
Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by drowning deaths at U.S.-Mexico border by Inés San Martín CruxJ
Editorial: US bishops need to confront US president on inhumane treatment of immigrants by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter
Update: Bishops across U.S. condemn separation, detention of children by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service
Amidst Deportation Fear, Immigrant Faithful Unite On Corpus Christi by Currents News
‘A drink of water could save a life.’ What Catholic social teaching says about the No More Deaths trial by Kevin Christopher Robles America
What if They're Not Concentration Camps? by Mary Pezzulo Patheos
US Bishops stand in solidarity with Mexican Church over Trump migrant ban by Independent Catholic News
Migrants aren't bargaining chips, say bishops Mexican prelates call for dialogue to counter would-be migrants being labeled as criminals by La Croix International staff La Croix International
Reflections on Refugees in America by Catherine Juliano Franciscan Action Network
Free the Detainees by Jack Quirk Patheos
To defend immigrants, it's time for US bishops to break the law by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter Link to General United States Immigration Challenges
Here's What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants by Mary Pezzulo Patheos
Windrush generation marks anniversary with ‘regret’ over UK immigration scandal by Charles Collins Crux
London: Pupils take concerns about unaccompanied refugee children to Home Office by JudyAnn Masters Independent Catholic News
The Catholic Church Is Done With Steve Bannon by Lester Feder BuzzFeed News Link to Alt-Right
The Vanier model for living with the disabled takes root by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service/America
Autistics Should Be Welcome in Church (Re: Evensong at Cambridge) by Fr. Matthew Schneider Patheos
Boy’s removal from church spurs debate in UK on welcoming those with autism by Catherine Pepinster Religion News Service/America
This Pennsylvania native became the first American quadriplegic priest by Larry Peterson Aleteia Link to Disabilities
Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest by Catholic News Agency
2 young faithful Catholics Kidnapped and brutally Killed in Mexico - Please Pray by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World Link to Murder
5-year-old boy gives all his savings to doctor who cured his mother of cancer by Elvira Koneva Shutterstock/Aleteia Link to Cancer
Author leaves Hunthausen encased in superlatives by Ken Briggs National Catholic Reporter Link to Frank Fromherz
Texans’ quarterback Deshaun Watson calls trip to Israel “life-changing” by J-P Mauro Aleteia
Changing state abortion laws show a nation divided. What does this mean for Roe v. Wade? by Kevin Clarke America Link to Abortion
On the Need for Radical Moral Reform of the Clergy by Guest Contributor Patheos
Pope Francis sends Video Message to Stop Cyber Bullying "Each one of us has something good to give to the other.."'' by Catholic News World
Top Ten Takeaways from ‘Laudato Si’’ by Father James artin. S.J. . America Link to Environment Challenges
New reports show suicide rates continue on worrying upward trend by John Burger Aleteia
13 Reasons Why: And a significant spike in male teen suicide by CathNews Link to Suicide/Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
He Was Only 14: A Case to End Bullying by Blair LePanne Life Teen Link to School Bullying
The Rise of the Catholic Right. How right-wing billionaires are attempting a hostile takeover of the U.S. Catholic Church. by Tom Roberts Sojourners
Salvadoran authorities arrest sacristan as suspect in priest killing by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/Crux Link to Murdered Priests
Life and Death: A Reflection on the Need to Comfort The Dying by Henry Karlson Patheos Link to End of Life
Lebanon critiques Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan by Associated Press/America
This Catholic high schooler painted a mural of black saints to help fight racism by Zac Davis America
How Catholic priests helped invent sign language by John Burger Aleteia
U.S. State Dept. honors Italian nun during human trafficking report presentation by Inés San Martín Crux Link to Human Trafficking
California’s bishops call for ecological conversion on ‘Laudato si’ milestone by Christopher White Crux
America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by Jonathan Merritt The Atlantic
Michigan Prosecutors Drop Flint Lead Poisoning Charges, Pledging Expanded Case by Democracy Now Link to Lead Poisoning
As Ghana diocese celebrates, bishop worries about Catholics leaving faith by Damian Avevor Crux Link to African Challenges
Mexico City priest arrested for murder of student, church deacon by Mexico Daily
Love and Other Disabilities. A British judge is forcing a disabled woman to have an abortion. As the son of a disabled woman, I can tell you: The decision is evil. by Harold Braswell Tablet
New Mexico Catholic youth group involved in deadly bus crash by Associated Press/America
Bishop Sherrington’s Statement After UK Court Orders Abortion by Jim Fair Zenit
South African Anglican priest to discuss the healing of memories with Pope Francis by Anglican Communion News Service
Patrick Grady MP on 'Catholicism and public life in Scotland' by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
These Catholic churches offer the homeless a place to sleep by J-P Mauro Aleteia Link to Homeless
Enrico Fermi, the Farmer, and the Sky by Christopher M. Graney Sacred Space Astronomy
Church wounded by internal tensions, pope tells Jesuits in Romania by Junno Arocho Esteves Crux
Accompany or argue: Pope contrasts with Bishop Barron on evangelization by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter Link to Evangelization
Tagle marks Israel-Vatican ties with synagogue visit by Joe Torres UCANews.com Link to Catholic/Jewish Challenges
Pope to oil execs: We don’t ‘have the luxury’ to wait to fight climate change by Inés San Martín Crux Link to Environment Challenges
The Best-Kept Secret of the Catholic Church by Tony Magliano The Southern Cross Link to Catholic Social Teaching
Mexico’s Bishops respond to US migration deal by Vatican News
More French Catholics officially renouncing their faith by Gauthier Vaillant La Croix International
A Remembrance of Msgr Bernard J Quinn by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism Link to Catholic Leaders
After fascist threat to Houston mosque, Texas Muslims call for increased security by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
Why Are They Leaving? A Response to the USCCB by Mary Pezzulo Patheos
Got a Problem With Student Loan Forgiveness? You’re Opposing a Venerable Catholic Tradition by Rebecca Bratten Weiss Patheos Link to Forgiveness
Venezuelan priest uses Instagram fame to engage his people by J-P Mauro Aleteia Link to Social Media
Jakarta's Catholics offer Muslim refugees safe haven by Konradus Epa UCANews.com Link to Catholic/Muslim Challenges
A Painter of the Holocaust for Our Times by Pat Lipsky The Tablet Link to Spirituality and Art and The Holocaust
What our legislators need to do to break the pattern of mass shootings by Matt Malone, S.J. America Link to Gun Violence
Pope advances sainthood causes for Father Tolton, Spanish martyrs by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/Chicago Catholic
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Alzheimer’s patients by The Catholic World Report Link to Alzheimer’s disease
Challenges to seal of confession attributed to clergy sex abuse scandals by Chaz Muth Crux
Notre Dame Students Against Porn by Jim Martinson First Things Link to Pornography Challenges
Pope: Cry of the poor is ‘growing louder’ by Inés San Martín Crux Link to Poverty
Ebola crosses from Congo to Uganda; Caritas seeks to help educate about risks by Crux Staff Crux Link to Ebola
Indian police again raid Jesuit's residence by Saji Thomas UCANews.com
Archdiocese pulls ‘Catholic’ label from Jesuit school for refusing to fire teacher in same-sex marriage by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
The mysterious bilocation of Italian priest Fr. Domenico da Cese may have been recorded on video. by Philip Kosloski Aleteia
Opioid addiction is drastically undertreated by Caitlin Owens Axios Link to Substance Use/Addiction
Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations by The New Yorker Link to Racial Challenges
The Vatican’s Gender “Heresy” by Stephen G. Adubato Patheos
The stark choices the Vatican’s gender theory document is raising by David Cloutier America
Collaboration and Immersion: Jesuit Migration Network Convenes at U.S.-Mexico Border by INS Staff Ignatian News Service
Q & A with Sr. Valmi Bohn, bringing trafficking prevention to schools in Brazil by Carlos Tautz Global Sisters Report Link to Human Trafficking
Pope Francis condemns ‘shameful ill-treatment’ of women 'Marking the Day for Life in England and Wales, dedicated this year to domestic abuse, Pope Francis issues an appeal to fight all forms of exploitation. by Linda Bordoni Vatican News Link to Domestic Violence
A baseball-playing kid from Iowa who became a missionary bishop at Vatican II by Larry Peterson Aleteia Link to Sports and Spirituality
Intersections between Buddhism, Health, and Diversity in an American City by Justin Whitaker Patheos
I was an adult. I was also a victim of sexual abuse We are members of a broken institution, but we are also a beloved people, accompanied by a provident God by Griffin Oleynick La Croix International
Retired US bishop likely to face Vatican trial for multiple acts of abuse by Christopher White Crux Link to Sexual Violence Against Minors
The Corpse Raiders by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk Echoes
Citing alignment with Steve Bannon, Cardinal Burke cuts ties with Dignitatis Humanae Institute by Catholic News Service/America
China is killing prisoners for organs, tribunal finds by UCANews Reporter UCANews.com Link to Prison Challenges
Allegations against top priest under review after report by Nicole Winfield The Associated Press/Crux
My First Year As a Priest: A Reflection by Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm. CatholicStand Link to Priestly Reflections
Franciscans nurture Indonesian youth awareness of nature by Ryan Dagur UCANews.com Link to Youth Outreach/Protection